This book addresses the social, functional and symbolic dimensions of urban space in today's world. The twelve essays are grouped in three parts, ranging from a conceptual framework to case descriptions rich with illustrations. They provide a valuable service in exploring the nature and significance of social space and particular aspects of its contemporary distribution and contestation. The book addresses a topic that is intrinsically interdisciplinary. Questions of space are examined from a rich variety of disciplinary perspectives in a welcome range from urban planning to political philosophy, shedding a good deal of light in the process. The issues in focus include the dichotomies of public and private space, discussion of rights and duties with regard to the use of space, or conflicts over its allocation. Well reasoned and presented discussion is offered from the perspective of basic values and rights. The policy issue of institutional recognition of the specifics of (minority community) identity is raised in opposition to abstract distributive accounts of justice.
- Cover
- Titlepage
- Copyright page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Introduction: Space, Pluralism and Tolerance
- Part I: Overarching Themes
- 1. Space, Place and Politics
- 2. Culture and Tolerance in Public Space
- 3. Pluralism and Failures of Recognition: On Listening, Loss, and Change
- Part II: Emerging Issues
- 4. Pluralism in Private Spaces: Homeowners Associations, Clubs, Shopping Malls
- 5. A Dissenting View of Urban Public Space
- 6. A Right to a Mosque? Access to Public Space, Religious Freedom and Participatory Goods
- 7. Urban Space and Respect for Persons: Making Sense of Pluralism in Cities
- Part III: Case Studies and Policies
- 8. Contested Identities and Spatial Marginalization: The Case of Roma and Gypsy-Travellers in Wales
- 9. Negotiating Identity in the Diaspora: Ethnoscapes of Southeast Asian Communities in Los Angeles
- 10. What Is “Out of Place”? Intolerance in Public Space
- 11. Residential Neighborhoods in an Ethnically Mixed Area: Factors that Shape Coexistence
- List of Contributors
- Name index
- Subject index
- Back cover
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